Tearing Plato to Pieces: Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola and Marsilio Ficino on the History of Platonism
This article considers Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola's understanding of the history of Platonism in his Examen vanitatis. It analyzes his sources and methods for understanding the history of philosophy—genealogical source criticism, historiographical analysis, and comparative history—and a...
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Iter Press
[2019]
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Renaissance and reformation
Год: 2019, Том: 42, Выпуск: 4, Страницы: 103-133 |
| Индексация IxTheo: | KAG Реформация KDB Католическая церковь NAB Фундаментальное богословие VA Философия |
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| Итог: | This article considers Gianfrancesco Pico della Mirandola's understanding of the history of Platonism in his Examen vanitatis. It analyzes his sources and methods for understanding the history of philosophy—genealogical source criticism, historiographical analysis, and comparative history—and argues that his approach is shaped by anti-Platonic Christian apologetics. It documents how Gianfrancesco Pico closely studies Marsilio Ficino's and his uncle Giovanni Pico's understandings of Platonism and its history, and how his contextualization of their work within the broader history of Platonism is part of a larger endeavour to turn the page and even close the book on this chapter of the Quattrocento. Although neither Ficino nor Gianfrancesco finds universal agreement among ancient Platonists, Ficino explains their history as one of inquiry and interpretation, in which Platonism and Christianity are inexorably united, whereas Gianfrancesco characterizes it as a history of lies and disagreements that threaten Christianity. In trying to protect sacred history, Gianfrancesco Pico helped develop the tools that would eventually critique it. |
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| ISSN: | 2293-7374 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Renaissance and reformation
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